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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Better known by her stage name, Vulcana, Kate Williams was born in 1875
in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales. Her parents were of Irish
decent and her father was a well-respected local preacher. She spent her
career performing as one half of a double act with her life partner,
William Roberts (better known as his stage name, Atlas). The pair, who
avoided controversy when they fled their home town together (Roberts was
married with a child) after falling in love, went on to tour music
halls in Britain, Europe and Australia. Their double act was called The
Atlas and Vulcana Group of Society Athletes. Vulcana had a particularly
strong bond with her husband, Atlas, although she used to pretend they
were brother and sister in order to preserve the credibility of their
double act.

At the age of 30 she was 5'7" in height, weighed
161Lbs and had the following measurements: chest - 3'6", waist - 2'3",
biceps - 1'3", thighs - 2'1", forearm - 1', neck - 1'3". Vulcana was
able to lift 181Lbs with just one arm.

The height of Vulcana’s
career was reached while she was living and working in France, where she
found fame thanks to regular appearances in magazine articles. She won
over one hundred medals during her career, including one personally
awarded to her by Professor Edmond Desbonnet – often referred to as the
“Father of French Bodybuilding”.Vulcana was exceptionally strong. She
earned a reputation as a heroine due to many personal situations she
found herself in; she once confronted a mugger who tried to steal her
bag by grabbing his arm and leading him straight to the police station,
and on another occasion she single-handedly pulled a stuck wagon from a
ditch in London in front of a crowd of people. Her favourite technique
was arm-twisting and she was particularly good at bench presses; she
could reach weights of 124.5 pounds with her right hand and an over head
lift with a 56 pound weight in each hand.

Olivia Lennox is a freelance writer from England who writes about city link for a logistics magazine and website in the UK.